now is a  visit to the past, a thought about the future. the international civil rights museum in greeensboro, north carolina, built on the site of the woolworth's store where the first lunch counter sit-in was held. the vision that some people had then about how to change their world to be more responsive to human rights; the use of non-violence to achieve those goals, even in the face of the terror of the police and their fellow citizens. it was sobering to remember the move my family made to the South in 1965, to a place that still segregated the races in schools, restaurants, public facilities, and the town itself. why did the people not rise up to do destruction? some did, in watts, in detroit, in newark, in jackson, and some walked, or sat, or lay down, or prayed, or just shamed the ones who would de-humanize them. what worked? hope worked, and not the hope of reward after death but the hope that life could be more rewarding. so they chose life. i wonder how the world can give enough hope to the youth in the throes of poverty and despair who might turn to violence and self-destruction, to let them know that their worth is inherent, not needing heroic action to improve their state, just the decision to choose life.